李華和Larry到夏威夷度假，假期結(jié)束后，坐飛機(jī)回家。今天我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：right up one's alley 和 out of the question。

LH: Larry, 我這次玩兒得真高興! 躺在沙灘上，懶洋洋地曬太陽(yáng)，這種日子我永遠(yuǎn)也過(guò)不厭。

L: Yeah, I had a great time too. I love relaxing vacations on the beach, and eating fresh seafood every night for dinner makes it even better.

LH: 不過(guò)Larry, 雖然夏威夷的風(fēng)光很美，但我也喜歡去一些有人文特色的地方，比如逛逛博物館，看看歷史風(fēng)情。

L: Well then, for our next vacation we can go to Paris! It sounds right up your alley.

LH: Paris sounds right up my alley? 你這話(huà)是什么意思啊？

L: You can say that something is right up your alley if it is perfectly suited to you.

LH: 哦，right up one's alley, 就是指正合某人的口味。你是說(shuō)，巴黎是藝術(shù)、文化、還有歷史之都，所以去巴黎旅行一定特別符合我的興趣。

L: Right! Here is another example. Roger loves to argue all the time, so I think a career as a lawyer would be right up his alley.

LH: 可不，對(duì)于那些喜歡爭(zhēng)辯的人來(lái)說(shuō)，當(dāng)律師最適合，如果做顧客服務(wù)，得天天跟人吵架。對(duì)了，Larry, 咱們這趟班機(jī)上會(huì)播什么電影啊？我愛(ài)看喜劇。

L: They're going to play the new Jim Carrey movie, so I think that should be right up your alley.

LH: 要播Jim Carey的喜劇，太好了，正合我意!

L: I'm not really interested in watching a movie right now. I think reading a book might be more up my alley.

LH: 你想看書(shū)？那我就自己看電影吧！對(duì)了，待會(huì)兒空姐過(guò)來(lái)你幫我拿副耳機(jī)。

L: Sure, but you know you have to pay for them.

LH: 耳機(jī)還要錢(qián)？下次旅游，我不坐飛機(jī)了!

L: Well then, it sounds like the train might be right up your alley.

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LH: Larry, 我覺(jué)得好難受啊，飛機(jī)的座椅怎么這么窄，坐得真不舒服! 唉，航空公司的服務(wù)越來(lái)越差了!

L: You're right, the airlines have really been reducing the quality of service to save money.

LH: 是啊。現(xiàn)在飛機(jī)上吃的和飲料都要錢(qián)，托運(yùn)行李也要錢(qián)，不知道以后會(huì)不會(huì)連隨身行李都要交錢(qián)。

L: That would have sounded crazy a few years ago, but today it's not out of the question.

LH: Out of the question? 這是什么意思？

L: When you think that something is totally impossible, you can say that it is out of the question.

LH: 哦，out of the question, 就是絕不可能。你是說(shuō)，放在幾年前，沒(méi)人會(huì)想到隨身行李也可能收錢(qián)，可是現(xiàn)在，這已經(jīng)不是不可能的事兒了。

L: That's exactly right, how about the time my friend Amy asked to borrow my new car. But since she got in three accidents in the past month, I told her it was out of the question.

LH: 哦，因?yàn)锳my開(kāi)車(chē)?yán)铣鍪拢阅憬^不會(huì)把自己的車(chē)借給她開(kāi)。

L: Exactly.

LH: 這倒讓我想起來(lái)，你什么時(shí)候把你那輛破車(chē)扔了，換輛新車(chē)開(kāi)開(kāi)啊？你那舊車(chē)說(shuō)不定哪天在路上開(kāi)著一半就散架了。

L: Well, I just spent all my money on this Hawaii vacation, so buying a new car is out of the question for right now.

LH: 這樣的話(huà)，你不如騎車(chē)上班。省錢(qián)，還能鍛練身體。

L: I don't think so. My office is really far away, so biking there every day is out of the question.

LH: 哦，對(duì)啊，你公司離家太遠(yuǎn)了，騎車(chē)要累死了。你想過(guò)換工作么？找個(gè)離家近的。

L: I have, but the company I work at now is pretty good.

LH: 可是，如果能找一個(gè)又好又離家近的工作，不是更好么？

L: Well I guess you're right. It's not totally out of the question.

LH: 啊，不知不覺(jué)，已經(jīng)飛過(guò)一大半的旅程了。你說(shuō)這趟飛機(jī)能準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)抵達(dá)，而且不弄丟乘客的行李么？

L: Now that, Lihua, is totally out of the question!

今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是right up one's alley, 表示正合某人的口味。另一個(gè)是out of the question, 意思是絕不可能。

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